Isaiah 56:2

Ashrei enosh that doeth this, 1 and the ben adam that layeth hold on it; 1 that is shomer Shabbos avoiding chillul Shabbos, 1 and is shomer to keep his yad from doing kol rah. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.

In Context

1Thus saith Hashem: 1 Be shomer over mishpat, and do tzedakah (righteousness); 1 for My Yeshu'ah (salvation) is near to come, 1 and My tzedakah to be revealed. 1

3Neither let the ben hanekhar, 1 that hath joined himself to Hashem, speak, saying: 1 Hashem hath utterly separated me from His people; 1 neither let the saris say: 1 See, I am an etz yavesh (dry tree). 1

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Cross References

Exodus 20:8Remember Yom HaShabbos, to keep it kodesh.

Exodus 31:13Speak thou also unto the Bnei Yisroel, saying, Verily My Shabbatot ye shall be shomer over; for it is an ot (sign) between Me and you throughout your dorot; that ye may have da'as that I am Hashem Who doth set thee apart as kodesh.

Nehemiah 13:17Then I contended with the nobles of Yehudah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, being Mechallel Shabbos (desecrator of Shabbos)?

Psalms 15:1(Mizmor Dovid) 1 Who shall dwell in Thy Har Kodesh? 1

Psalms 37:27Depart from rah, and do tov; 1 and dwell l'olam (for evermore). 1

Psalms 112:1Praise Hashem. 1 Ashrei is the ish that feareth Hashem, 1 that delighteth greatly in His mitzvot. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 56:2-3

Evangelical Promises; Exhortations to Duty. ( b. c. 706.) 1 Thus saith the Lord , Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. 2 Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil. The scope of these verses is to show that when God is coming towards us in a way of mercy we must go forth to meet him in a way of duty. I. God here tells us what… Read the whole commentary →

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